Marybeth Tinning
By:Kathryn Woods
3/28/14

CHILDHOOD

• Born September 11, 1942
• Duanesburg, NY
• Average student
• Claims to be abused by father
• Later denied any abuse

PRECURSORS?

• No evident precursors
• Fathers death in 1971

ADULT LIFE

• Worked low paying jobs
• Married Joe Tinning
• Started having children
• Problem: all children began to die

JENNIFER

• Third Child, First to Die
• Born on December 26, 1971
• Hospitalized, never taken home
• According to the autopsy report, the cause of death was acute meningitis

JOSEPH

• Second child, second to die
• 17 days after Jennifer died, Marybeth ran to hospital with Joseph
• Some kind of seizures
• Cleared and sent home
• Hours later returned to ER- he was dead (tangled in sheets)

BARBARA

• First child, third to die
• Six weeks later, on March 2, 1972 went to ER with Barbera
• Went home, hours later back at hospital
• Died from brain swelling

TIMOTHY

• Fourth child, fourth to die
• 3 weeks after born-found dead in crib
• Doctors could not find anything wrong
• Ruled it out as SIDS

NATHAN

• Fifth child, fifth to die
• 6 months old
• Marybeth noticed Timothy stopped breathing
• No reason to be dead

MARY FRANCIS

• Seventh child, sixth to die
• Taken to hospital-sent home
• A month later-came back
• Mary Francis died
• Wasn't sure but doctors said cause was SIDS

JONATHAN

• Eighth child, seventh to die
• 4 months old when rushed to hospital unconscious
• Saw specialist, and was sent home
• 3 days later was back at hospital
• Jonathan had died of cardiac arrest

MICHAEL

• Sixth child, eight to die
• Adopted
• Died at age 2
• Autopsy showed pneumonia, but not severe

TAMI LYNNE

• Ninth child, ninth to die
• Doctors monitored her health for months
• Was a healthy baby
• 4 months after birth-found dead
• Cause was SIDS

NATURE OF CRIME

• nine healthy children
• died over a span of 14 years

BEHAVOIR CHANGES

• After the first death, Marybeth changed
• Became more distant
• Strange
• Confused of what happened

TRIAL

• Enough suspicion grew within the doctors to have trial
• Trial took place in 1987

CHARGES

• Their was only enough evidence to charge her of one murder, but believed she killed all children
• Second degree murder of Tami Lynne by smothering
• Even though she admitted to smothering Timothy,Nathan,and Tami
• Later denied hurting any of her children
• Sentenced to 20 years

MARYBETH TODAY

• Still in jail
• Was denied parole-3 times
• In 2007,2009,2011

After the investigation, Marybeth Tinning was diagnosed with munchausen syndrome by Proxy

SOURCES

• Crime.about.com
• Crimecasefiles.com